This statistic represents the number of Black Lung Benefits currently payable to miners in the United States from 1970 to 2015. In 2006, around 4,200 U.S. miners were to be paid Black Lung Benefits. Until 2014, this number decreased to under 1,000.
Total number of Black Lung Benefits currently payable to U.S. miners from 1970 to 2015
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US Social Security Administration. (March 1, 2017). Total number of Black Lung Benefits currently payable to U.S. miners from 1970 to 2015 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/195039/number-of-us-black-lung-benefits-payble-to-miners-since-1970/
US Social Security Administration. "Total number of Black Lung Benefits currently payable to U.S. miners from 1970 to 2015." Chart. March 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195039/number-of-us-black-lung-benefits-payble-to-miners-since-1970/
US Social Security Administration. (2017). Total number of Black Lung Benefits currently payable to U.S. miners from 1970 to 2015. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/195039/number-of-us-black-lung-benefits-payble-to-miners-since-1970/
US Social Security Administration. "Total Number of Black Lung Benefits Currently Payable to U.S. Miners from 1970 to 2015." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/195039/number-of-us-black-lung-benefits-payble-to-miners-since-1970/
US Social Security Administration, Total number of Black Lung Benefits currently payable to U.S. miners from 1970 to 2015 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/195039/number-of-us-black-lung-benefits-payble-to-miners-since-1970/ (last visited December 04, 2024)
Total number of Black Lung Benefits currently payable to U.S. miners from 1970 to 2015 [Graph], US Social Security Administration, March 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/195039/number-of-us-black-lung-benefits-payble-to-miners-since-1970/
